The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-10-14

Chat swellcd upward In o succession OF
rolling waves. Just on the hithcr side Of
the crest Of the first wave We halted for
the night. My first act was to examine
leo's condition. 1t was, If anything, worse
than in the morning, and, q new and very
distressing feature, vomiting, set in, and
continued till dawn. Not ono wink of
sleep did I get that night. for Ipasscd ftin
assisting Ustane, who was one of the most
gentle and interchangeable nurses I ever saw,
to wait upon Leo and Job. However, the
mir hero was warm and genial without be
ing too hot, and there were no mosquitoes
to speak of. Also we were above tho level
of the marsh mist, which lay stretched be-
meath us like the dim smoke-pall over a
city, lit up here and there by the wander
ing globes Of fen fire. Thus It will be seen
that We were, speaking comparatively, in
clover.
By dawn on the following morning Leo
was quite light-headed, and fancied that
he was divided into halves. / was dread.
fully distressed, and began to wonder with
a sort of sick fear what the termination of
the attack would be. Alas! I had heard
but too much of how these attacks n
ally terminate. AS I was doing 30 Billali
SNAbA0 AP 1A0 6GAA VutkU VIZ u1uot 10 k6GUluk
on, moro especially as. in his opinion, II
Leo did not reach some spot where he could
be quiet and have proper nursing within
the next twelve hours, his life would only
be a matter of q day or two. I could not
but agree with him; 80 W got him into
the litter, and started on. Ustane walking
see that no did not throw himsclr out on 70
the ground.
Within half an hour of sunrise we had
reached the top of the rise of which I have
spoken, and a most beautiful view broke
upon our gaze. Beneath US was a rich
stretch of country, verdant with grass and
lovely with foliage and flowers. In the
background, at a distance, so far as I could
judge, of some eighteen miles from where
we then stood, o huge and extraordinary
mountain rose abruptly from the plain.
The base Of this great mountain appeared
to consist of a grassy slope, but rising from
this. I should say, from subsequent obser.
vation, at q height of about five hundred
feet above the level Of the plain, was q
most tremendous and absolutely precipit-
GUS wall of bare rock, quite twelve or ff
teen hundred feet IN height. The shape OF
| the mountain, which was undoubtedly Of
| volcanic origin, was round, and Of course,
as only a segment of its circle was visible,
it was difficult to estimate its exact size,
| which was enormous. 1 afterward discov.
cred that it could not cover less than fifty
square miles Of ground. Anything moro
grand and imposing than the sight pre-
scented by this great natural castle, start
ing in solitary grandeur from tho level Of
the plain, I never saw, and I suppose never
shall. Its very solitude added to its males
ty, and its towering cliffs seemed to kisl
the sky. Indeed, generally speaking, they
were clothed in clouds that lay in feecy
masses upon their broad and level battle
ments.
Isat up in my hammock and gazed on
across the plain at this thrilling and ma
iestic sight, and I suppose that Billal
noticed It, for he brought his litter along
side.
"Behold the house of She1rho-must-be
obeved" he said. "Had ever q queen sucl
Q throne before"
at is wonderful, my father," Unanswered
sl3lt how does mi enteri Those cliff
look hard to climb"
"Thou shalt ses, my Baboon. Look nov
at the plain before us. What hinkest tho,
tnao W ANo" eAe0 "Oo 1AAs. SoA1e
tell me-"
Hooked, and saw what appeared to b
the line of roadway running straight to
ward the base Of the mountain, though
was covered with turf. There were hig
banks on each side Of It, broken here an
there, but fairly continuous on the whole
the meaning Of which I did not undel
stand. It seemed % worry odd that any
body should embank q roadway.
"Wel, my father" I answered. II SUI
pose that It Is . road, otherwise I shout
have been inclined to say that IL was th
bed of q river. Or rather" I added, obser,
ing the extraordinary directness OF th
cutting, "of . canal"